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they put us into that container truck. we were with some gun men, some rebels who were escorting us. they executed one of them on the spot. then they took us to a series of safe houses and interrogation places. and they kept us blindfolded, bound. we weren't physically beaten or tortured. it was a lot of psychological torture. with regards to being killed, they made us choose which one would be shot first. they pretended to shoot ghazi several times. then they fired a gun up in the air. it can be a very traumatic experience. >> a harrowing ordeal for our colleagues. we're all very grateful that they ended up escaping unharmed. >>> next, virginia governor bob mcdonald who is all too familiar with the pain of a mass shoot, how his state changed gun laws and whether those laws have any teeth to it. plus, the growing number of voices in his state calling for tighter gun control. but first, look ahead at the president's schedule. it's another quiet day on the schedule and one that is mostly cleared, it appears, to deal with fis
they put us into that container truck. we were with some gun men, some rebels who were escorting us. they executed one of them on the spot. then they took us to a series of safe houses and interrogation places. and they kept us blindfolded, bound. we weren't physically beaten or tortured. it was a lot of psychological torture. with regards to being killed, they made us choose which one would be shot first. they pretended to shoot ghazi several times. then they fired a gun up in the air. it can...
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we know that in this case clips were used with 30 cartridges and multiples were used. that one difference could very well have been significant, and i suspect it would have been. you know, these guns aren't used to hunt deer, and, you know, i'm a big believer in hunting rights, big believer in supporting the second amendment, but there is a reality that this stuff has gone too far and is too easy to own, and then the whole point of your question is that connecticut has these laws. in the be a sense of a federal framework in which we limit the explosive nature of the weapons and ammunition that's used, no state would ever be safe based on simply its own laws. that's why the brady bill, that's why the assault weapons ban was so very important. politics played a role in allowing that to expire. politics should play a role in having it be reinstituted. >> with regard to the town government -- [ inaudible ]. >> yes. >> that's only a temporary solution. should they decide they can't go back into the sandy hook school [ inaudible ], what resources can they offer to the town?
we know that in this case clips were used with 30 cartridges and multiples were used. that one difference could very well have been significant, and i suspect it would have been. you know, these guns aren't used to hunt deer, and, you know, i'm a big believer in hunting rights, big believer in supporting the second amendment, but there is a reality that this stuff has gone too far and is too easy to own, and then the whole point of your question is that connecticut has these laws. in the be a...
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i don't believe they want to be used just like any community would want to be used. we need to let this community heal. we need to lay to rest these 26 souls. we need to allow all of the kids and the teachers and administrators to heal. i think it's incumbent upon those of us in elected office to take their message forward, give them the time to heal and we need to lead, and we will lead on a host of issues from gun control to mental health to safety within our schools, on a host of issues. you know, in addition, i dropped one child off at school today, the others took the bus. we need to be better people. we need to be better parents. those aren't things we can pass by laws, but those are things that we need to do to honor these victims. >> connecticut state senator john mckinney. sir, thank you for your time this morning. i do appreciate it. >> thank you, thomas. >>> want to bring in today's power panel. congressman gerald nadler of new york, jackie hilling and ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst and "washington post" columnist. jackie, i want to start with you. last
i don't believe they want to be used just like any community would want to be used. we need to let this community heal. we need to lay to rest these 26 souls. we need to allow all of the kids and the teachers and administrators to heal. i think it's incumbent upon those of us in elected office to take their message forward, give them the time to heal and we need to lead, and we will lead on a host of issues from gun control to mental health to safety within our schools, on a host of issues. you...
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and use the debt ceiling as leverage. they could try to get some kind of deal on entitlement reform. maybe raising the age for medicare from 65 to 67. what's looking likely or is the problem that there is nothing that looks particularly likely right now, jackie? >> well, some of the things you just listed are going to be part of a framework. i think we're starting to see that. you know, the heavy lifting is going to have to happen this week. just in terms of time. if you don't get something by the 14th or 15th they're not going to have time by the rules to get this through before christmas. otherwise we're getting into christmas, getting into the holidays. it's going to get complicated getting members in and out of town and all that. this week is going to be a critical week when it comes to these negotiations. i think we're going to start to see a framework looking at ending the tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals, things like that. we're going to start seeing these details emerge this week. we have to. >> i want to t
and use the debt ceiling as leverage. they could try to get some kind of deal on entitlement reform. maybe raising the age for medicare from 65 to 67. what's looking likely or is the problem that there is nothing that looks particularly likely right now, jackie? >> well, some of the things you just listed are going to be part of a framework. i think we're starting to see that. you know, the heavy lifting is going to have to happen this week. just in terms of time. if you don't get...
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call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> at the top of the show we asked why are you awake? producer dan has a few answers. >> anthony writes i'm so happy to hear richard engel is safe. i want to offer my best wishes to the nbc news team in syria.
call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> at the top of the show we asked why are you awake? producer dan has a few answers. >> anthony writes i'm so happy to hear richard engel is safe. i want to offer my best wishes to the nbc news team in syria.
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chris van holland joining us from the capitol. thank you very much, congressman. >> good to be with you. >> do we know nothing from the secret talks? >> well, we don't know a lot, andrea, but you presented it very well in that lead-in there. there are a couple of things that have changed. number one, you now have the face-to-face meetings between the president, the speaker of the house. that's obviously good news. always better than not talking. sending, you have this growing awareness on the part of congressional republicans that their earlier position was unsustainable. the idea that they would allow the economy to go down the tubes, allow tacks to go up on virtually every american all in order to protect the bonus tax breaks for high income earners. more and more republicans are recognizing that that's not sustainable. so that's moving us in the right direction, and hopefully we can get it done by the end of the month. >> now, the end of the month, the calendar does matter here because there are house and senate rules that requ
chris van holland joining us from the capitol. thank you very much, congressman. >> good to be with you. >> do we know nothing from the secret talks? >> well, we don't know a lot, andrea, but you presented it very well in that lead-in there. there are a couple of things that have changed. number one, you now have the face-to-face meetings between the president, the speaker of the house. that's obviously good news. always better than not talking. sending, you have this growing...
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it's time for us to use common sense to tamp down on this. this is not a lethal subversion of the second amendment. this is a common sense application. but we saw gary wills in the new york review of books said we have idolatry in this culture and the idolatry is of the gun. and our god is the gun. we must somehow commit a kind of moral and theological treachery against that god and disbelieve in that god so the real moral consciousness of the nation can come forward. >> let's hope repentance starts now. michael eric dyson, hogan gidley, mike viqueira. we have just received a heart-breaking picture of another one of the school victims at the sandy hook elementary. the family of 6-year-old allison wyatt released this photo and a statement describing their daughter as sweet, creative, funny, and intelligent, adding quite simply that allison made the world a better place, and so she did. ♪ oh, let me guess -- more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a b
it's time for us to use common sense to tamp down on this. this is not a lethal subversion of the second amendment. this is a common sense application. but we saw gary wills in the new york review of books said we have idolatry in this culture and the idolatry is of the gun. and our god is the gun. we must somehow commit a kind of moral and theological treachery against that god and disbelieve in that god so the real moral consciousness of the nation can come forward. >> let's hope...
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the most that i have ever used in my hunting rifle is three shells. usually to get one shot and very seldom ever two. this has to be brought to this level now, and it's a shame. an absolute traversy to this country and who we are as americans for this to happen and bring it to this level, but i'm willing to speak out on it, and, yes, we looked -- we're looking at everything. not just the guns, but, yes, dianne feinstein, joe schumer talking about the multiple clips as far as rounds and clips and joe lieberman talking about putting a blue ribbon panel. all of this needs to be done, and, you know, it just really has changed us. it's changed me. >> well, let's hope it's changed the nation and with your leadership, it can. thank you so much senator joe manchin of west virginia. >> thank you for having me. >>> one of the children who was killed had the voice of an angel. 6-year-old ana marquez-greene singing as her older brother played the piano last summer. ♪ ♪ father, oh lord greet us all victorious ♪ ♪ come and pray over us ♪ amen a regular gu
the most that i have ever used in my hunting rifle is three shells. usually to get one shot and very seldom ever two. this has to be brought to this level now, and it's a shame. an absolute traversy to this country and who we are as americans for this to happen and bring it to this level, but i'm willing to speak out on it, and, yes, we looked -- we're looking at everything. not just the guns, but, yes, dianne feinstein, joe schumer talking about the multiple clips as far as rounds and clips...
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thanks for joining us this hour. rachel has the night off, but happy wednesday, everyone, tgiw, am i right? you know how it is, things start to wind down on wednesday afternoon. you send off your last e-mail, maybe pop a beer from the office fridge and head on home for the weekend. all right, you, watching this right now, probably don't do that. but that's how your friendly neighborhood lame duck congress rolls. the house was supposed to be in session tomorrow, was the republican leadership went ahead and canceled that thursday session, so it's wednesday and the weekend has arrived, if your job title is united states representative. amid the crush of members heading out of the capital building today, you could even spot republican congressman mo brooks of alabama biking into his five-day weekend. the house won't be back in session until tuesday of next week. but it's not like they don't do work over the weekend. super long or otherwise. many house members will go back home to their districts this weekend where, of co
thanks for joining us this hour. rachel has the night off, but happy wednesday, everyone, tgiw, am i right? you know how it is, things start to wind down on wednesday afternoon. you send off your last e-mail, maybe pop a beer from the office fridge and head on home for the weekend. all right, you, watching this right now, probably don't do that. but that's how your friendly neighborhood lame duck congress rolls. the house was supposed to be in session tomorrow, was the republican leadership...
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easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. >>> moment of geek which begins with a moment of history he. if americans are familiar with the phrase cooper union chances are it's because of this. matthew brady's cooper union of abraham lincoln. he took it on the same day he gave his cooper union address. he was presidential candidate lincoln and it's he believed that speech he gave that night in which he outlined his speech about slavery, that speech is thought to have helped win lincoln the republican nomination and later the white house. this is the building where lincoln gave that speech in the east village of lower manhattan. what is now the administrative building of one of the most affordable colleges in country, it's free. the guy who gave cooper union the name, peter cooper, an industrialist and inventor and onetime presidential candidate himself believed that the best education should be ax ses i believe to anyone that qualified to get in. anyone
easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. >>> moment of geek which begins with a moment of history he. if americans are familiar with the phrase cooper union chances are it's because of this. matthew brady's cooper union of abraham lincoln. he took it on the same day he gave his cooper union address. he was presidential candidate lincoln and it's he believed that speech he gave that night in which he outlined his speech about slavery, that...
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they dragged us out of the car. they had a container truck positioned waiting by the side of the road. they put us into that container truck. we were with some gunmen, some rebels who were escorting us. they executed one of them on the spot. then they took us to a series of safehouses and interrogation places. >> well, nbc news has no confirmation of the identity of those kidnappers. richard engel, of course, a veteran correspondent, says he has a good sense of who they were. >> this was a group known as the shabiha. this is a government militia. these are people who are loyal to president bashir al assad. they are shiite. they were talking openly about their loyalty to the government, openly expressing their shia faith. they are trained by iranian revolutionary guard. they are allied with hezbollah. we were told that they wanted to exchange us for four iranian agents and two lebanese people who are from the amma movement, and they want other members that have been captured by the rebels, they captured us in order t
they dragged us out of the car. they had a container truck positioned waiting by the side of the road. they put us into that container truck. we were with some gunmen, some rebels who were escorting us. they executed one of them on the spot. then they took us to a series of safehouses and interrogation places. >> well, nbc news has no confirmation of the identity of those kidnappers. richard engel, of course, a veteran correspondent, says he has a good sense of who they were. >>...
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boehner owes us. boehner needs to say we've agreed on tax rates but everybody else around him seems to be agreeing that they're going to raise tax rates. then you say that to boehner's office. no, no. that's not true. >> right. meanwhile the american people are rolling their eyes and not paying attention to any of this. >> look, the stock market has been -- it's been a little troubling for the last three weeks or so. but absolutely. this is like total washington style political posturing. in the end will they get a deal? absolutely. they always get a deal. >> but the question is, is it a small deal or a big deal? >> well sure. >> and that is where i'm a pessimist on i think the smallest possible -- >> yeah. temporary. >> small as possible. >> they'll tackle it next year. >> because there is so much left on the table. we have the debt ceiling, one area where republicans really do have their leverage, you know, that is coming up, too. it's got to be a small deal. >> what is the debt ceiling leverage? i
boehner owes us. boehner needs to say we've agreed on tax rates but everybody else around him seems to be agreeing that they're going to raise tax rates. then you say that to boehner's office. no, no. that's not true. >> right. meanwhile the american people are rolling their eyes and not paying attention to any of this. >> look, the stock market has been -- it's been a little troubling for the last three weeks or so. but absolutely. this is like total washington style political...
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jansing and company's chris jansing joins us now. you have been on the road a lot this year to some very terrible places in the wake of some very serious american tragedies, but this one, if i dare say it, seems a little bit different. give us your sense of your take on the move -- as far as the mood on the ground and how the community is reacting m days since the tragedy. >> alex, it would be difficult to even begin to try to express the depth and the breadth of the pain that this community is feeling and will feel all weeklong. the first of a series of funerals is getting underway right now. i'll show you a page from the local paper, and there are two pages of obituaries of children. we've just learned that governor dan malloy has shown up at the funeral of little noah, 6 years old, noah posner, who has a twin and an 8-year-old sister, and there was a heartbreaking question asked in his obituary. how do you capture the essence of a 6-year-old in just a few words? when i first came here on friday, alex, i was talking to the local pr
jansing and company's chris jansing joins us now. you have been on the road a lot this year to some very terrible places in the wake of some very serious american tragedies, but this one, if i dare say it, seems a little bit different. give us your sense of your take on the move -- as far as the mood on the ground and how the community is reacting m days since the tragedy. >> alex, it would be difficult to even begin to try to express the depth and the breadth of the pain that this...
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thank you for joining us. we hope we got you at the top of the hour. >> thank you, tamron. >> what are your thoughts on the notion there's a dpeel in sight. it's a question of whether you have the bush tax cuts separate and deal with the other issues of entitlement and the fiscal issues the president wants to address as far as the debt ceiling later? >> i'm very optimistic, tamron. i think the parties are talking and there's a lot of shuffles back and forth between the white house and congress. there are republican and democratic caucuses to deal with, but i see problem. the talks haven't broken down. this isn't a middle east standoff in any way. we actually have momentum. there are specific proposals on the website by the president. there have been proposals on the republican side. they're continuing to talk. i think it's all positive. >> where do you see progress specifically? we don't know the details of the conversation yesterday, but where do you see progress? >> what i really like about the president's a
thank you for joining us. we hope we got you at the top of the hour. >> thank you, tamron. >> what are your thoughts on the notion there's a dpeel in sight. it's a question of whether you have the bush tax cuts separate and deal with the other issues of entitlement and the fiscal issues the president wants to address as far as the debt ceiling later? >> i'm very optimistic, tamron. i think the parties are talking and there's a lot of shuffles back and forth between the white...
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and it's not just us. and i don't care, maybe you think the chinese, well, too bad for them, but it's not just the chinese, it's europe, and they're blaming the fact that their economies aren't going based on the fact that we're in this stalemate. you know, it's huge. >> harold, i mean, it all comes down to leadership. you know, when you talk to business owners, they want leadership shown. i'm glad the president is talking to business leaders now. >> and a debater on the phone. >> not only the administration but also on the other side of pennsylvania avenue with the republicans and harry reid in the senate. you're just not seeing it. >> you don't see enough of it. curiously, the markets -- investors are actually increasing their exposure which is kind of contrarian to your point. i do believe to julia's point, you'll see a receding or retreat in that attitude over the next several days and few week ifs we can't get ourselves closer. i remain optimistic. the president wants a legacy and his legacy depends o
and it's not just us. and i don't care, maybe you think the chinese, well, too bad for them, but it's not just the chinese, it's europe, and they're blaming the fact that their economies aren't going based on the fact that we're in this stalemate. you know, it's huge. >> harold, i mean, it all comes down to leadership. you know, when you talk to business owners, they want leadership shown. i'm glad the president is talking to business leaders now. >> and a debater on the phone....
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call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> "the new york times" best-selling author tim keller. he is co-author of the new book "every good endeavor: connecting your work to god's work." it is extraordinary. we were talking about it off the air. you started -- i don't know -- you started in a ditch somewhere and now you have seven services and now you have this huge place on the upper west side. it is remarkable how much redeemer has grown. how many members? >> probably about 6,000 people coming now. it took a while, 24 years. >> but, boy -- >> it took jesus 33. >> actually three. >> it depends on how you look at it. >> oh, boy, a couple of theologians. >> step aside. >> one of the things that's so fascinating about redeemer, you go outside of new york and other places, and i grew up -- when preachers talk about temptations, they talk about the big ones, you know. don't be a drunk or don't have sex with, you know, all the people -- all over the place. don't do this. i was about to make a barnicle refer
call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> "the new york times" best-selling author tim keller. he is co-author of the new book "every good endeavor: connecting your work to god's work." it is extraordinary. we were talking about it off the air. you started -- i don't know -- you started in a ditch somewhere and now you have seven services and now you have this huge place on the upper west side. it is remarkable how much redeemer has grown. how many members?...